YUM... PAVLOVA!

Today Mrs Lunn made Pavlova with a group of children.  The were very intrigued how Mrs Lunn separated the eggs.  She even brought in her very old mixer to whisk the eggs for us.  It is pretty noisy but certainly did the trick.

Watching the egg whites being whipped

The pavlova once it had cooled in the oven

The pavlova with cream on top

Taste test time!

The verdict:  DELICIOUS!

LOLLYLOG

We had a wonderful time making lollylog with Mrs Kenyon today.

DOUBLES + 1

We have been using the doubles +1 as a strategy at maths. 

 Here is a video we watched today.

MAKING WAFFLES

Over the last two Fridays, we have been making waffles with Mrs Lunn.  They are delicious, especially with golden syrup on them!

PIAKO RUA DANCERS

Congratulations to the following super star dancers in Piako Rua dancers.  Well done!

LEARNING ABOUT MONEY

We have started to learn about money.  Yesterday we had a whole lot of activities to choose from to help us learn about money.  We also had some activities that taught us about tally charts because we are going to conduct surveys and ask kids who would like to buy our products.  That way we will make sure that we make enough products for our customers demand.

We also talked about our Needs and Wants.  For example we WANT ice cream but we don't NEED it!  We do NEED things like fresh air and water and food.  We had pictures that we had to classify into whether they are a NEED or WANT.

You can help us at home by getting us to read prices at the supermarket or in our junk mail.  We can practice counting our pocket money.  We could even do a few jobs at home to earn some money.

3D SHAPE

This week we have been learning about 3D shapes.  Here is a photo of Sofya when she completed her activity involving the attributes of 3D shapes.

Here is a catchy song all about 3D shapes.

MATHS SUPER STARS!

On Monday, these competent Maths kids were using their 'doubles' knowledge to work out subtraction problems.  

They figured out that if they know 6+6=12 the 12-6=6!

Well done!

GEOMETRY AND PATTERN AND ALGEBRA

As part of our Art inquiry, we are looking into Geometry, and Pattern and Algebra.  Here are some photos of us busy learning last week.  Karys and Bentley are completing colouring in a complex geometric pattern...

The boys are using shapes to fill in a tan-gram...

Connor and Regan are busy sorting art pictures by their elements...

Connor and Tasman are practising making repeating patterns out of coloured beans.  They were able to tell the teachers the rules for these patterns.  

For example:  the rule for yellow, yellow, blue is AAB.

Ms Palmer was helping to teach the kids all about symmetry.  If something is symmetrical, what is on one side is reflected onto the other side.  These kids were challenged to make symmetrical pizzas!

The look good enough to eat!

Well done Georgia and Jacob.

Check out Emily's completed pattern picture!  

Perfect!

You could help us at home by getting us to use objects around the house to make symmetrical patterns.

For example...

WE LOVE MATHS

In Piako Rua we absolutely love Maths...

 

Here are a few photos of us in action.

Jacob L, Connor B and Anoushka are playing Money, Money, Money.  

It's a great value game.

These kids are doing a basic facts puzzles together.

Tasman is working on his doubles.

These kids are practising their skip counting.

Is game is called Paint a Number - the children have to fill in missing mumbers.

Bugs in the Jar is another favourite game.

Maarire is practising her basic facts.

We have practising our teens and ty numbers.

Look at these cute maths-loving faces!

Maths

Another fun day learning about maths today.  Have a look at some of the neat games we get to play with, while we learn.

  

We are learning our basic facts up to 20.

We are learning to recognise and read numbers up to 20.

 

We are learning our basic facts up to 10.

Maths in Piako Rua

In maths we are learning to write our numbers correctly as well as shapes and patterns.

Identifying our own mistakes helps us learn!